Mini Gaga, the YouTube Sensation

Maria Aragon, whose cover of a Lady Gaga single took off on YouTube, on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ in February.

When Maria Aragon, an 11-year-old from Winnipeg, Canada, posted a homemade video of herself performing “Born This Way” in February, she wasn’t expecting much to happen.

But the video quickly caught the attention of Lady Gaga herself and skyrocketed Ms. Aragon to fame. To date, it has been viewed more than 40 million times.

Now, Ms. Aragon is moving to the next stage: recording her own album in Manila with Star Records, a leading recording company in the Philippines, that is due to be released Aug. 22. Ms. Aragon’s parents are from the Philippines.

It’s all a major leap for a young girl who says she dreams of becoming a female version of the late Michael Jackson.

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